affectionate.
Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
Meaning & usage
Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.
Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
the affectionate care of a parent; an affectionate countenance; an affectionate message; affectionate language
Eager; passionate; strongly inclined toward something.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin afficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin affectiō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin affectiōnātuslbor. English affectionate Learned borrowing from Latin affectiōnātus. By surface analysis, affection + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Doublet of aficionado.
To show affection to; to have affection for.
To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
Where this word comes from
Either from the above adjective by metanalysis or from affection + -ate (verb-forming suffix) (modelled on Middle French affectionner (French affectionner)).
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